28 problems

Dance quartet (in progress)
Created, choreographed and directed by Dayna Hanson
with Jim Fletcher, Dayna Hanson, Madison Rough and Julia Sloane

Based on a discarded sheet of calculus equations, 28 problems is a quartet dance featuring Jim Fletcher, Hanson, Madison Rough and Julia Sloane. An original vocabulary made of dozens of kinesthetic symbols—movement “glyphs” that reflect mathematical signs—forms the foundation of a work that bridges personal influences and abstract form.

A virtual companion to the dance, the 28 problems GLYPH GIFs feature selected movement vocabulary in a grid of animated front and back views that can be dragged and dropped by the viewer to make new mathematical expressions and choreography in two-dimensional space.

28 problems was created with support from 4Culture, 9e2, Abrons Arts Center, American Dance Festival, Base, Bossak Heilbron Charitable Foundation, Glenn Kawasaki, Office of Arts & Culture, John C. Robinson, Carlo & Lalie Scandiuzzi, University of Washington Dance Program, Case VanRij and Youngstown Cultural Arts Center. 28 problems was presented in workshop form in Oct. 2016 at Base as part of 9e2, and will premiere at The Chocolate Factory Theater. 28 problems will be available for touring in 2021/2022.

(photo by Jacob Rosen)